Handling Streams

This chapter deals with streams of data, extending input and output interfaces beyond the filesystem, and how to implement custom readers and writers to serve any purpose.

It also focuses on the missing parts of the input and output utilities that combine them in several different ways, with the goal being to have full control of the incoming and outgoing data.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Streams
• Custom readers
• Custom writers
• Utilities